diff --git a/packages/css-data/src/parse-css-value.test.ts b/packages/css-data/src/parse-css-value.test.ts
index edecb1c288..deb933e0ed 100644
--- a/packages/css-data/src/parse-css-value.test.ts
+++ b/packages/css-data/src/parse-css-value.test.ts
@@ -105,6 +105,27 @@ describe("Parse CSS value", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("Tuples", () => {
+    test("backgroundPosition", () => {
+      expect(parseCssValue("backgroundPosition", "left top"))
+        .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+{
+  "type": "tuple",
+  "value": [
+    {
+      "type": "keyword",
+      "value": "left",
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "keyword",
+      "value": "top",
+    },
+  ],
+}
+`);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("Colors", () => {
     test("Color rgba values", () => {
       expect(parseCssValue("backgroundColor", "rgba(0,0,0,0)")).toEqual({
diff --git a/packages/css-data/src/parse-css-value.ts b/packages/css-data/src/parse-css-value.ts
index fb7cc7a9de..5a78b1f09e 100644
--- a/packages/css-data/src/parse-css-value.ts
+++ b/packages/css-data/src/parse-css-value.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ import { colord } from "colord";
 import * as csstree from "css-tree";
 import hyphenate from "hyphenate-style-name";
 import warnOnce from "warn-once";
-import type { StyleProperty, StyleValue, Unit } from "@webstudio-is/css-engine";
+import {
+  TupleValue,
+  type StyleProperty,
+  type StyleValue,
+  type Unit,
+} from "@webstudio-is/css-engine";
 import { keywordValues } from "./__generated__/keyword-values";
 import { units } from "./__generated__/units";
 
@@ -150,6 +155,27 @@ export const parseCssValue = (
     }
   }
 
+  // Probably a tuple like background-position
+  if (ast != null && ast.type === "Value" && ast.children.size === 2) {
+    const tupleFirst = parseCssValue(
+      property,
+      csstree.generate(ast.children.first!)
+    );
+    const tupleLast = parseCssValue(
+      property,
+      csstree.generate(ast.children.last!)
+    );
+
+    const tupleResult = TupleValue.safeParse({
+      type: "tuple",
+      value: [tupleFirst, tupleLast],
+    });
+
+    if (tupleResult.success) {
+      return tupleResult.data;
+    }
+  }
+
   return {
     type: "unparsed",
     value: input,
diff --git a/packages/css-data/src/tailwind-parser/parse.test.ts b/packages/css-data/src/tailwind-parser/parse.test.ts
index 31c59b111d..67d767f4b8 100644
--- a/packages/css-data/src/tailwind-parser/parse.test.ts
+++ b/packages/css-data/src/tailwind-parser/parse.test.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ Quick Validation of Generated CSS in WebStudio:
         {
           "property": "backgroundImage",
           "value": {
-            "type": "unparsed",
-            "value": "linear-gradient(to right,rgba(99,102,241,1) 0%,rgba(99,102,241,0) 100%)"
+            "type": "layers",
+            "value": [{
+              type: "unparsed",
+              value: "linear-gradient(to right,rgba(99,102,241,1) 0%,rgba(99,102,241,0) 100%)"
+            }]
           }
         }
       ],
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ describe("parseTailwindToWebstudio", () => {
   });
 
   test("substitute variables - gradient", async () => {
-    const tailwindClasses = `bg-gradient-to-r from-indigo-500`;
+    const tailwindClasses = `bg-left-top bg-gradient-to-r from-indigo-500 from-10% via-sky-500 via-30% to-emerald-500 to-90%`;
 
     expect(await parseTailwindToWebstudio(tailwindClasses))
       .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
@@ -83,8 +86,34 @@ describe("parseTailwindToWebstudio", () => {
   {
     "property": "backgroundImage",
     "value": {
-      "type": "unparsed",
-      "value": "linear-gradient(to right,rgba(99,102,241,1) 0%,rgba(99,102,241,0) 100%)",
+      "type": "layers",
+      "value": [
+        {
+          "type": "unparsed",
+          "value": "linear-gradient(to right,rgba(99,102,241,1) 10%,rgba(14,165,233,1) 30%,rgba(16,185,129,1) 90%)",
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    "property": "backgroundPosition",
+    "value": {
+      "type": "layers",
+      "value": [
+        {
+          "type": "tuple",
+          "value": [
+            {
+              "type": "keyword",
+              "value": "left",
+            },
+            {
+              "type": "keyword",
+              "value": "top",
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
     },
   },
 ]
diff --git a/packages/css-data/src/tailwind-parser/parse.ts b/packages/css-data/src/tailwind-parser/parse.ts
index 802b461e33..f459091d88 100644
--- a/packages/css-data/src/tailwind-parser/parse.ts
+++ b/packages/css-data/src/tailwind-parser/parse.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { expandTailwindShorthand } from "./shorthand";
 import { substituteVariables } from "./substitute";
 import warnOnce from "warn-once";
 import { parseCssValue } from "../parse-css-value";
-import { type StyleProperty } from "@webstudio-is/css-engine";
+import { LayersValue, type StyleProperty } from "@webstudio-is/css-engine";
 
 let unoLazy: UnoGenerator<Theme> | undefined = undefined;
 
@@ -55,6 +55,48 @@ const parseCssToWebstudio = (css: string) => {
   return styles;
 };
 
+/**
+ * In WebStudio, background-related properties are managed using a specialized "layer" type.
+ **/
+const postprocessBackgrounds = (
+  styles: EmbedTemplateStyleDecl[],
+  warn = warnOnce
+) => {
+  const backgroundProps = [
+    "backgroundAttachment",
+    "backgroundClip",
+    "backgroundBlendMode",
+    "backgroundImage",
+    "backgroundOrigin",
+    "backgroundPosition",
+    "backgroundRepeat",
+    "backgroundSize",
+  ];
+
+  return styles.map((style) => {
+    if (backgroundProps.includes(style.property)) {
+      const layersResult = LayersValue.safeParse({
+        type: "layers",
+        value: [style.value],
+      });
+
+      if (layersResult.success) {
+        return {
+          property: style.property,
+          value: layersResult.data,
+        };
+      }
+      warn(
+        true,
+        `Failed to convert background property ${
+          style.property
+        } with value ${JSON.stringify(style.value)} to layers`
+      );
+    }
+    return style;
+  });
+};
+
 /**
  * Parses Tailwind classes to webstudio template format.
  */
@@ -63,6 +105,9 @@ export const parseTailwindToWebstudio = async (
   warn = warnOnce
 ) => {
   const css = await parseTailwindToCss(classes, warn);
-  const styles = parseCssToWebstudio(css);
+  let styles = parseCssToWebstudio(css);
+  // postprocessing
+  styles = postprocessBackgrounds(styles, warn);
+
   return styles;
 };